The U.S. Army says Saturday’s parade for its 250th birthday, featuring heavy vehicles, did no damage to the streets in the District.

Prior to the parade, the Army promised it would cover the cost of any destruction that the equipment, some weighing as much as 68 tons, did to the city’s streets.

“The hard work done by the experts … absolutely paid off as expected, and our immediate assessments are showing that there is no immediately discernible damage of any kind to the parade route or staging area,” an Army spokesperson told D.C. station WUSA.

The Army prepared for the possibility of damage by laying down steel plates in key areas.

“Heavy military vehicles … were routed along reinforced sections of road,” Col. Jesse Curry, director of the Army’s Office of the Chief of Engineers, told WJLA-TV, another D.C. station.

A full inspection of the roads is ongoing, including testing by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Park Service.

“Those will occur over the course of the next few weeks, and our experts are confident they will yield similarly positive results that there is no subsurface damage that will require repair,” the Army spokesperson said.

Army personnel will also return in a month to check for more long-term damage, according to WTOP-FM.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.